Comments about ‘What others say: Penn State's inaction’

"Paterno didn't contact law enforcement authorities, but he was not required to do so by law."

This is probably the most disturbing aspect of this case. The law didn't require the reporting of child abuse to authorities. What about a sense of ethical responsibility to the abused children?

I'm not normally an advocate of violence but, Sandusky certainly deserves it. Good for him it wasn't one of my kids.

The sad thing about this is the victims not having this reported in a timely manner. Also Paterno should have been allowed to complete the season and retire in peace. Now his stellar career will only be known for this scandal right at the end.

The first one on my list to blame is McQueary. He saw the incident when it was happening. His reaction was nothing but cowardice. McQueary should have taken immediate action to stop Sandusky. He deserves to be fired as well as Paterno. The situation was exacerbated by the silence in the chain of command after Paterno advised his superior. When Sandusky was not arrested, both McQueary and Paterno should have gone public. I have lost all respect for the Penn State football program, and to a degree the school. Those students who rioted only tainted their school further. For the rest of my life, whenever I hear Penn State on television, I will be thinking what everybody else is thinking. Where is their honor?

It's all about power. They knew it was going on to these kids and didn't do anything for fear of disturbing thier power and money.

I doubt that if they had seen the janitor molesting children that they would have let it go. Power corrupts.